A manufacturer-dictated change in assay procedure has required us to change our reference intervals for ALT and AST in all relevant species. The change in procedure has resulted in lower values for...

Speed matters when lives are on the line and helping them requires knowing what's wrong. That's why Cornell's Animal Health Diagnostic...

Salmonella can cause serious disease on cattle farms, killing calves, causing cows to abort, contaminating raw milk, and harming humans along the way. While the cattle-adapted strain Salmonella...

New: Felines added to the Ovarian Remnant Panel – AMH plus progesterone

Two tests are better than one, and therefore we’ve combined our anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) and progesterone tests into...

The Serology/Immunology laboratory at the AHDC offers an assay for the detection of antibodies to B. burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease. The Lyme multiplex assay is available for...

The Cornell AHDC is now offering real-time PCR based Equine and Canine Respiratory Panels to aid veterinarians in rapidly identifying the presence of common disease agents in dogs and horses with...

Measurement of urinary ketones is most frequently used to detect or confirm ketoacidosis in dogs and cats with diabetes mellitus or ketosis in ruminants. The dipstick pad reaction for ketones...

The Clinical Pathology Laboratory in the AHDC is now offering Serum Amyloid A (SAA) testing. SAA is an acute phase reactant that is a sensitive and specific marker of inflammation in horses (a...

Bovine Virus Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) Antigen Capture ELISA (BVDACE)

When testing serum on the BVDACE test, the animal MUST be at least 61 days old. If no animal age is given on the submission form...

Duck Viral Enteritis (Duck Plague) confirmed in approximately 15 dead ducks in Onondaga County, New York since 4/27/18. DVE affects waterfowl species - ducks, geese, and swans. It is not a human...